Apparatus for removing bark from standing trees.



PATENTED SEPT, 22, 1903.

W. P. KIDDER. APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BARK FROM STANDING TREES.

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UNITED STATES WELLINGTON PARKER KIDDER, OF Eos'rON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR or ELEV N-TWENTIETHS TO 1+. H. ac. W. GOODYEAR, A GEORGE E. MATTHEWS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

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APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BARK FROM STANDING TREES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 739,495, dated September 22, 190 3. Application filed July5,1902- Serial No. 114,387. (No 1.10.181.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WELLINGTON PARKE KIDDER, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Removing Bark from Standing Trees, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. a

The object of my invention is to produce an improved apparatus for removing bark from standing trees. l

My presentinvention is in the nature of an improvement on that set forth in my United States Letters Patent No. 707,428, granted August 19, 1902.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a general perspective view showing my new bark-removing apparatus in use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the track-chainassembled with the traveler in place. Fig. 3 shows in plan, and Fig. 4 in side elevation,two links securedtogether. Fig. 5 is a plan, and Fig. 6 a side elevation, of the coupling device which socures the end links of the chain together. Fig. 7 is a side elevation, and Fig. 8 a front elevation, of the traveler. Fig.9 is a side elevation, and Fig. 10 a rear elevation, of thesplit ter. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of theseparator, and Fig. 12 is a sectional view on line A A of Fig. 11.

A shows a standing tree-trunk, a the bark thereon, and aa narrow space from which the bark has been removed circumferential-1y of the tree-trunk for the readier application and operation of my new apparatus.

The links 1 (see Figs. 3 and 4) of the track-' 5o 1 To join two links together, the bolt 8 of one link is passed through the slot 6 of the other link and is then slid along into the recess 5,

so that bolt-head 7 overhangs the walls of the bolt-head 7 to be slipped therethrough to separate the adjacent links.

To secure the track-chain in place on the tree, as shown in Fig. 1, any suitable coupling device to join the end links together may be provided; but I prefer the coupler shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

'To one of the end links of the chain is boltby the nut 13 at one end and provided with a handle-bar 14 at its other end. About midway of the screw 12' is formed thereon a boss 15, which is seated in the socket 16, the walls of which socket support the screw and keep itfrom displacement when the chain is under strain. To the other end link is secured an arm 9. The nut 13 is seated in the socket 17, the walls of which serve as a nut-lock to prevent its rotation. Arms 9 and 9 differ in that the walls of the s0cket16 permit the screw 12 to turn, while the walls of the socket 17. act as a -'nut-lock-for nut 13. By turning thescrew 12 by means of its handle-bar 14 in one direction,

the nut 13 being held from rotation, in its socket 17 the arms 9 and 9 are drawn toward each other, and the chain istightenedabout the tree. By turning the screw 12 in the 0pposite direction the boss 15 maybe drawn out of its socket 16 sufticiently to permit the screw 12 to be pushed longitudinally, so as to. dis

ed'an arm 9, formed with an open slot-10, through which is passed the screw 12, engaged engage the nut 13 from its socket 17 for the Y removal of the arm 9 at that end of the screw. The arms 9 and 9 and the links 1 are curved concave on their inner side, so that they may adjust themselves more readily to the'curvature of. the trees. (See Figs. 2, 3, and 5.)

The outer side of the links 1 (see Figs. 3 and 4) are formed with a projecting edge 18,

which serves as a track for the traveler 19, (see Figs. 7 and 8,) the upper end 20 ofwhich isin the form of a hook and the lower part of which is provided with a log 21, that projects inwardly under the lower edge of the links 1 when the traveler 19 is hooked upon its track 18. Accidental displacement of the traveler 19 is prevented by the fact that the distance from the end of hook 520 to the lug 21 is less than the height of the outer side of the links 1.

In the bend of the hook 20 is formed a tooth 22, adapted to engage in the spaces 23 between the links when the hook 20 is brought over one of the spaces 23. This engagement of the tooth 22 in the spaces 23 prevents the undue swinging movement of the bark-removing instrumentalities when in use. Over a pulley 24:, mounted on the traveler 19, is rove a flexible reach 25, to which is attached the bark-splitter 26. (See Fig. 1.) This barksplitter 26 is illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 and is a narrow hook having the inner side of its bend formed with a cutting edge 27.

When the free end of the bark-splitter is inserted in the bark, as at the upper side of space a, and moved up the trunk, the bark thereon is split vertically. To the lower end of the bark-splitter I may attach and usually do attach a barkseparator 28 (see Fig. 11) by a chain 29. (See Fig. 1.) Separator 28 is hook-shaped and provided on its inner side with a rib 30, which follows in the split through the bark made by the bark-splitter 26. The separator has lateral wings 31 on each side of the rib 30. (See Fig. 12.) These wings pass between the bark and trunk on each side of the split when moved up the trunk. By shifting the traveler 19 from place to place around the trunk the bark thereon may be cut into strips and removed from the trunk wholly by my new apparatus rator act successively.

2. The combination of a track-chain and means for clamping it on a tree-trunk; of a traveler mounted on the track-chain; a reachguide on the traveler; a flexible reach and a rossing implement on said reach.

3. The combination of a track-chain and means for clamping it on a tree-trunk; of a traveler mounted on the track-chain; a reachguide on the traveler; a flexible reach and a rossing implement on said reach; said trackchain being made up of a plurality of links detachably connected at their ends and formed with tracks.

4. In a rossing apparatus, the combination of a trunk engaging track chain having spaces between the opposed ends of its links with a traveler mounted on the track-chain and formed with a tooth to enter said spaces; and a rossing mechanism supported on said traveler.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WELLINGTON PARKER KIDDER.

Witnesses:

M. E. COVENEY, E. A. ALLEN. 

